Climate Vulnerable Forum delivers powerful message to the world In an important meeting held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, nineteen of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change delivered a powerful message calling unanimously for a legally- binding agreement in Durban next month.

Road to Rio +20 Adil Najam shares his thoughts on keeping sustainable development at the forefront of the upcoming Rio+20 summit.

Reporting climate change in India Indian Journalist Manipadma Jena describes the challenges of reporting on climate change in India and the South Asian region.

Work programme for Bangladesh on Loss and Damage - Call for Expressions of Interest CDKN is calling for expressions of interest for developing a work programme on Loss and Damage to be presented at CoP18 in 2012.

Climate resilience in Nepal moves a step closer to reality Nepal has just secured more than $50 million from the Climate Investment Funds to build resilience against climate change. The money will go towards the country’s Strategic Programme on Climate Resilience. This is a great opportunity, but one that raises big questions.

Transitional Committee takes stock of the Green Climate Fund Pakistan's lead negotiator climate change, Farrukh Iqbal Khan, gives CDKN an inside look at the second meeting of the Green Climate Fund Transitional Committee in Tokyo last month. Read here what the Committee learnt from their workshop on existing funds, and take a look at Farrukh's thoughts on the potential role of the private sector.

Harnessing media potential in the fight against climate change CDKN's Fayyaz Ahmad Khan reviews the recent Climate Change Media Partnership report on why the media should matter more to policy-makers tackling climate change in the developing world.

Explosion of solar power in Bangladesh Guest CDKN blogger, journalist Abu Rushd Md. Ruhul Amin, reports from Bangladesh on the extraordinary rise in solar power generation in the country, and the policy frameworks that have aided its growth.

SRREN recommendations - challenges for Asian countries The IPCC's Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) resonates with the aspirations of many developing countries in Asia. But one thing's for certain: every Asian country will have its own distinct approach to taking up the recommendations.

Deadlock likely at Bonn climate talks With the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) and the G8 lining up on opposite sides of the fence, the prospects aren't good for progress on United Nations climate talks, when nations meet in Bonn this week.

climate change is only possible with cheap renewable energy Tariq Banuri, Director of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, argues that making renewable energy available to everyone at an affordable price is the only meaningful way to fight climate change.

Climate change - working together for Durban In an exclusive report for CDKN, lead climate negotiator for Pakistan Farrukh Iqbal Khan gives us an inside look at the Green Climate Fund, and considers what the year has in store for the UNFCCC process.